Coming again from a disappointing loss with the Men's U.S. Gymnastics team, Danell Leyva fought again to win a bronze medal in the Men's All- About gymnastics closing on Wednesday (August 1 ) in London.

Following Monday's (July 20 ) decline, Leyva held hope alive, tweeting, " Didn't flip out as prepared but you greater imagine this is gonna serve as large determination for almost everything from below on out #AlwaysFight."

And indeed it was. Soon after a disappointing first two routines, the 20 - 12 months - outdated gymnast found himself in nineteenth place.

At that stage, Leyva realized what he experienced to do. He informed Fox Sports activities, "I had to chill out. I sort of applied it like a tiny kick in the butt. A little determination. Just coming back and soothing and attempting to display off and do the best routines that I knew I could do on parallel bars and superior bar. Just have enjoyable with it."

That kick in the butt came in helpful, his routines on the parallel bars and large bar put him in medal territory. The Cuban-born athlete took the bronze, while the gold went to Kohei Uchimora of Japan, and the silver to Marcel Ngyuen of Germany.

Even with the very first two routines,Danell produced peace with his performance and stated, "I required to hit superbly like I did nowadays but with a adhere," he claimed. "Either way, I know that I did excellent. To gain an Olympic medal is a dream occur accurate."

Leyva joins 2004 winner Paul Hamm as the only U.S. gentlemen to gain Olympic all- all-around medals because 1984.